The Doctor in the Victorian Novel
| Author | : Tabitha Sparks |
| Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
| Total Pages | : 194 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0754668029 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780754668022 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Doctor in the Victorian Novel by : Tabitha Sparks
Download or read book The Doctor in the Victorian Novel written by Tabitha Sparks and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the decline of the marriage plot in Victorian novels by a range of novelists, including Harriet Martineau, George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, George MacDonald, and Bram Stoker, Tabitha Sparks argues that a narrative's stance towards scientific reason is revealed in the figure of the doctor. Novels with romantic doctors deny the authority of empiricism, while those with clinically minded doctors uphold the determining logic of science and threaten the novel's romantic plot.
